▲ 312 ▼ ‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by btaf45@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee -2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Plenty of fascists got their start reading 1984 and distrusting the news. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Piers@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean... That seems like an argument for equipping people with better literacy skills given that any competent reading of 1984 would turn you away from fascism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Blamemeta@lemm.ee -9 points 3 years ago (2 children) I don't know man, with how misused the term is these days, not trusting the government is fascism. And a proper reading of it certainly gives you a distrust of the machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Piers@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago not trusting the government is fascism. That absolutely is not fascism. Stop listening to bullshit that's designed to piss you off and drive a wedge between you and others. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago how misused the term is these days The term isn't becoming more misued; more people are accurately fitting the definition. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago I said libraries, not books! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Piers@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean... That seems like an argument for equipping people with better literacy skills given that any competent reading of 1984 would turn you away from fascism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Blamemeta@lemm.ee -9 points 3 years ago (2 children) I don't know man, with how misused the term is these days, not trusting the government is fascism. And a proper reading of it certainly gives you a distrust of the machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Piers@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago not trusting the government is fascism. That absolutely is not fascism. Stop listening to bullshit that's designed to piss you off and drive a wedge between you and others. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago how misused the term is these days The term isn't becoming more misued; more people are accurately fitting the definition. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Blamemeta@lemm.ee -9 points 3 years ago (2 children) I don't know man, with how misused the term is these days, not trusting the government is fascism. And a proper reading of it certainly gives you a distrust of the machine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Piers@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago not trusting the government is fascism. That absolutely is not fascism. Stop listening to bullshit that's designed to piss you off and drive a wedge between you and others. permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago how misused the term is these days The term isn't becoming more misued; more people are accurately fitting the definition. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Piers@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago not trusting the government is fascism. That absolutely is not fascism. Stop listening to bullshit that's designed to piss you off and drive a wedge between you and others. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago how misused the term is these days The term isn't becoming more misued; more people are accurately fitting the definition. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago I said libraries, not books! permalink fedilink source parent